I needed to see it one more time to be sure, but Thursday confirmed (at least to me) that the Rams have a legit defense. The Rams defense is also physical and tenacious. That's four straight opponents the Seahawks have faced with good defenses, 3 of which played hard and with real tenacity. And, I think that's the key to stopping Seattle's offense (currently), tenacity and "fight".

It's easy to point to the Hawks defense and say "they're physical". But, the Hawks offense is just as physical.

To beat the Hawks, one thing's for sure, you MUST be ready fight HARD. The other team MUST be mentally and physically tough. I think the Hawks can get the Panthers to cry "uncle" as we saw Dallas and the Bears do last year.

Dallas' depth and the rate upon which GB's offense scores will keep each from being Top 10 defenses by years end. But, they are right now and when the Hawks faced them. Each opponent has legit, press and athletic corners.

I'm not excusifying the Hawks offensive woes, but there's something to be said for their opponents so far.

I've finished watching the Carolina games and they have gotten a lot of pressure in all four games. It's true that most of their sacks were against Atlanta, but they were collapsing the pocket well in the three previous games even though they were not able to finish. I think their defensive line is good.

Their secondary is the weakness as they have a ton of size and speed, but are really raw. Every team has been throwing at Josh Norman and I expect the Hawks to continue that. It looks like they could be a pretty good unit in a year or two but we are catching them at the right time to see what our passing game is made of. They just keep making mistakes in coverage and leaving receivers wide open, so I expect we are either going to get some big plays to cheer about or there will be a lot of angst about missing a wide open receiver. And I guess the third option is that if our receivers are the first group that their secondary manages to cover it will not be very encouraging either.